Impact of a Relation Training on Empathy of Medical Student

Impact of a Relation Training, Balint-like, on Empathy of Medical Student in the 4th Year.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02681380

Acronym

EMPATHIE

Enrollment

352

Registered

2016-02-12

Start date

2015-09-30

Completion date

2016-05-31

Last updated

2016-07-13

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Conditions

Empathy

Keywords

simulated patient, Balint, empathy, medical student

Brief summary

Empathy is an important skill to learn for medical student. However, learning empathy remain difficult. The investigators aim was to assess the efficacy of a specific training, Balint like, on the empathy abilities of medical students in the 4th year. The investigators planned a randomized controlled trial in 3 universities.

Interventions

OTHERRelation learning

Seven session are planned. Each will be supervised by a senior, trained to supervised Balint group.

OTHERControl group

No session will be planned for the participants.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Medical student in the 4th year

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Care	Two weeks after the last session	Scale to measure empathy by a simulated patient, during a simulated visit

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026